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Toronto Real Estate Abbreviations

Real Estate people (myself included) love to make up short forms for almost every word. To be fair, space is very limited in certain parts of a MLS Listing and also in newspaper ads. My hope is that this list will help clear up some of the mystery.

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 Dennis Paradis

Please contact me if you have any questions or if you can come up with any new abbreviations not listed here. I will post all worthy suggestions.

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A

A/C - Air Conditioner, also CAC - Central Air Conditioner, also, C/A

Acc - Access (as in Acc to backyard) 

Ad - Advertisement

Agr - agricultural (as in zoned Agr)

Agmt - Agreement (as in Agmt of Purchase and Sale - APS)

A.K.A. Also Known As” - as in, semi-detached a.k.a. “semi“.

Alum - Aluminum (as in alum siding) 

Apt - Apartment  (as in Basement Apt)

Apx - Approximate,  also Appx

APS - Agreement of Purchase and Sale

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B                                

Bbq - Barbeque

B/I - Built-In (as in B/I Dishwasher)

B/I/DW  - Built-In Dishwasher

Berber - A high quality broadloom/carpet that wears well. Not recomended for dog owners as claws will tend tocatch on the fabric and damage it.

Bkfst - Breakfast (as in Bkfst Nook or Bkfst Room)

Bldg - Building

Bldrs - Builders (as in Bldrs plans)

BR - Bedroom  (as in 4BR)  also Bdr

Brdlm - Broadloam (carpet)

Bsbrds - Baseboards

Bsmt - Basement (as in finished Bsmt)

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C 

CAC - Central Air Conditioning  also C/A

CB - Co-operating Broker (represents the buyer)

Clt - Collateral (as in Clt Agreement) or Clt Agmt

Comb - Combined (as in Comb Living Room/Dining Room or Comb LR/DR)

Comm - Commission

Cond - Condition or Conditional

Condo - Condominium

Cov - Coverings (as in Window Cov - drapes,curtains, shears, etc)

Cvac - Central Vaccum (system)

 

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D                                

Desig - Designation (as in Desig heritage property)

Det - Detached (as in Det Garage or Det House or Semi Det)

Dir - Direction

Dft - Deal Fell Through (status condition on MLS - Multiple Listing Service, e.g.; TREB - Toronto Real Estate Board runs the MLS for the GTA - Gtreater Toronto Area)

DOM - Days On Market (number of days listed as shown on MLS)

DR - Dining Room 

DRs -Doors

Dryr - Dryer (as in Cloths Dryr)

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E

EAC - Electronic Air Cleaner

Egdo - Extra Garage Door Opener

Elect - Electric or Electrical

ELFs - Electrical Lighting Fixtures (does not include items plugged in, like table lamps but includes wired-in appliances like chandeliers, and potlights and track lights.

Ent - Entrance (as in seperate Ent or Sep Ent)

Excl - Excluded (as in Excl Chandelier)

Exp - Expired (as in Exp Listing, a status condition on MLS)

Exh - Exhaust (as in Exh fan or Exh to outside)   

Ext - Exterior            

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F

FAG - Forced Air Gas (as in FAG furnace or heating system)

Fam - Family (as in Fam Room or Fam Rm, or FR or F/R

Feat - Feature or Features (as in Feat a pool)

Fin - Finished

Fl - Floor ,also Flrs (as in main Fl or hardwood Fl  or Hdw Fl)

Fr - Front Room, also FRrm

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G                                 

Gar - Garage, also Grg

Gdo - Garage Door Opener

GdoR - Garage Door Opener remote (handheld device to activate the opener)

GB&E - Gas Burner & Equipment (furnace)

GST - Goods and Services Tax (See also PST and HST)

 

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H                                   

Hi-Eff - High-Efficiency (furnace) or HE

HST - Harmonized Sales Tax - combined GST + PST, effective in Ontario July 1, 2010

Hwt(r) - Hot Water Tank (rental)

 

I                                  

I/G - Inground (as in I/G swimming pool)

Incl - Included

Insp - Inspection (as in Insp report or home Insp)

Int - Interior or Interest (rate)

Irr - Irregular, also Irreg  (as in Irr lot size)

J

Jr - Junior (as in Jr Bedroom or Jr BR) 

 

 

K

Kit - Kitchen

L            

L/A - Listing Agent  also L.A.    

LB - Lockbox also Lbx, also Listing Brokerage          

LBO - Listing Broker Office (as in keys or documents at Lbo)

Loc - Location

Low-Eff - Low-Efficiency (furnace)

LR - Living Room also L/R 

Lux - Luxury ( as in Lux condo)

Lvl - Level

LVR - Loan-to-Value Ratio

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M   

Mbr - Master Bedroom

Micro - Microwave

Mn - Main (as in Mn Floor or MnFl or MnFlr or M/F)

Mnths - Months, also Mos or Mth

Msrmts - Measurements

 

 

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N

Nr - Near

 

O                                  

Occup - Occupied or Occupancy (as in the apartment Occup or Occup Permit for new home construction)

O/Looks - Overlooks (as in dining room O/looks Living Room or DR O/Looks LR)

ONHWP - Ontario New Home Warranty Program

P                                  

Part - Partly (as in Part finished basement)

PC - Piece , also pc (as in 3PC bathroom, 3pc BR)

PITI  - principal, interest, taxes, and insurance with regard to a mortgage or loan.

PST - Provincial Sales Tax

Pvt - Private (as in Pvt yard)

Pwdr - Powder (as in Powdr Room, Pwdr Rm)

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Q                                  

 

R        

REA - Real Estate Agent or Realtor

Rec - Recreation (as in Rec Room or Rec Rm)

Res - Residence, also residential (as in zoned Res)

R/I - Rough-In (as in R/I fireplace or dishwasher)

Rm - Room 

R/O - reverse osmosis (water purification system)

Rrea - Registered Real Estate Agent, also REA (Real Esate Agent)  

RSA - Room Sizes Approximate                 

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S                                  

Sds - Sides (as in Sides on the park)

Sec - Security

Sep - Seperate (as in Sep Living Room and Dining Room or Sep LR/DR)

Sgwo - Sliding Glass Door Walkout

Sl - Sliding (as in Sl glass patio doors)

Sol - Solarium

Spec - Special

SPIS - Seller Property Information Statement

Sq - Square (as in 100 sq feet)

Sqft - Square Feet

S/S - Stainless Steel (appliances)

Stv - Stove

Sys - System ( as in Security Sys or Sec Sys)

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T   

Tba - To Be Announced or Arranged (as the possession date is Tba - meaning negotiable)

TTC - Toronto Transit Commission (bus and subway system in Toronto)   

TLC - Tender Loving Care meaning needs some repairs.                 

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U    

UFFI - Urea Formaldihide Foam Insulation

Upgr - Upgraded (as in carpet upgr or upgr cabinets)                          

 

V                                  

 

W                                  

W - With (as in comes w all appliances)

Win - Window (as in Win covering or Win Cov)

W/I - Walk-In (as in W/I closet)

W/L  - Where Laid ( as in carpet W/L) also W/Laid

W/O - Walk-Out (as in Basement Apartment W/O or W/O to deck)

W/W - Wall-to-Wall (as in W/W carpet or window or closet)

X

Y

Yr - Year , also Yrly - Yearly

Z     

OTHER                           

 

2 - To (as in a short walk 2 the park)

4+2 - The number after the + means in the basement. Example:  Bedrooms: 4+2 means 4 BR on main or upper floors and 2 in basement.

10 - rated high as in 10 out of 10

@ - At (as in keys @ office or lights @rear)

$/mo - price or dollars per month

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